EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 鰮【いわし】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sardine, (kokuji)

Kun
いわし
Strokes
21
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
fish

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-11-10SKIP code
11a10.3The Kanji Dictionary
2732.7Four corner code
9c2fUnicode hex code
1-16-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5318Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6904New Nelson (John Haig)
2367Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1665Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2813Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2828Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
46413XMorohashi
ruo4Pinyin reading
yagKorean reading